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TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHO
PERFORMED MORE THAN 1000 BOAT
AND AIR RESCUES DURING THE DAY
YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT.
FAYETTEVILLE IS ONE OF THE AREAS
HIT HARDEST BY THE FLOODING.
YOU CAN SEE JUST SOME OF IT
-- SOME OF THE DAMAGE BEHIND ME.
WE SENT SAMINA ENGEL THERE TO
SURVEY THE DAMAGE.
SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM
FAYETTEVILLE.
SAMINA: WE ARE ON BINGHAM DRIVE,
NOT FAR FROM ARRAN LAKE, WHERE
YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE ROAD HAS
COMPLETELY WASHED AWAY, RUSHING
WATER WHERE THE ROAD USED TO BE,
AND WHAT LOOKS TO BE A BROKEN
WATER MAIN DOWN BELOW.
NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE HERE TELLING
ME THEY HAVE NO WATER RIGHT NOW,
NOR ANY POWER.
ALL THIS, THE RESULT OF ABOUT 14
INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL ON
FAYETTEVILLE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT, REALLY
AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT.
THE DAMAGE FROM THAT RAIN AND
FLOODING ON FULL DISPLAY
THROUGHOUT THE CITY TODAY.
WE SAW A MASSIVE SINKHOLE ON
GILLESPIE STREET, THE ROAD THE
IMPASSABLE, SOME OF THE ROAD
BROK AWAY, TAKING A SIGN DOWN
WITH IT INTO CROSS CREEK.
OVER ON SHAW MILL DRIVE, ANOTHER
SINKHOLE, THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP
TRUCK ENDING UP IN THE WATER.
THANKFULLY, POLICE SAY HE MADE
IT OUT OKAY.
ONE OF THE SADDEST SIGHTS THIS
AFTERNOON, THIS ART STUDIO
CALLED MILL HOUSE NEAR THE CITY
CENTER -- SEVERED IN TWO BY THE
FLOODING.
WE SPOKE WITH THE OWNER, ANI
WHITE, AND SHE WAS TOTALLY
DISTRAUGHT.
>> IT IS NOT ONLY A LOSS FOR ME,
BUT A LOSS FOR FAYETTEVILLE.
IT WAS AN AREA FOR CHILDREN TO
COME ENJOY THEMSELVES, STAY OFF
THE STREETS, AND HAVE A SAFE,
FUN PLACE TUESD -- PLACE TO
STAY.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO MY BEST
TO REBUILD.
SAMINA: CITY OFFICIALS AN
UTILITY OPERATORS HELD A PRESS
CONFERENCE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO,
SAYING SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE
IN FAYETTEVILLE ARE STIL
WITHOUT POWER, ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE
ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR, AND ABOUT
200 PEOPLE ARE STILL IN SHELTERS
SET UP BY THE CITY.